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Papua New Guinea: cities by population

Papua New Guinea has a population of 8,606,316, with Port Moresby as its capital. The 47 largest of its 47 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Port Moresby	National Capital	283,733
2	Lae	Morobe Province	76,255
3	Arawa	Bougainville	40,266
4	Mount Hagen	Western Highlands Province	33,623
5	Popondetta	Oro Province	28,198
6	Madang	Madang Province	27,419
7	Kokopo	East New Britain Province	26,273
8	Mendi	Southern Highlands Province	26,252
9	Kimbe	West New Britain Province	18,847
10	Goroka	Eastern Highlands Province	18,503
11	Wewak	East Sepik Province	18,230
12	Bulolo	Morobe Province	16,042
13	Daru	Western Province	15,214
14	Wau	Morobe Province	14,629
15	Kavieng	New Ireland	14,490
16	Kiunga	Western Province	11,536
17	Vanimo	Sandaun Province	11,204
18	Tabubil	Western Province	10,270
19	Alotau	Milne Bay Province	10,025
20	Kundiawa	Chimbu Province	9,383
21	Kainantu	Eastern Highlands Province	8,509
22	Tari	Hela Province	8,186
23	Rabaul	East New Britain Province	8,074
24	Ialibu	Southern Highlands Province	6,915
25	Kokoda	Oro Province	6,199
26	Lorengau	Manus Province	5,806
27	Kerema	Gulf Province	5,646
28	Aitape	Sandaun Province	5,547
29	Wabag	Enga Province	3,958
30	Kieta	Bougainville	3,611
31	Panguna	Bougainville	2,916
32	Kulumadau	Milne Bay Province	2,500
33	Morehead	Western Province	2,246
34	Ambunti	East Sepik Province	2,073
35	Londolovit	New Ireland	1,644
36	Samarai	Milne Bay Province	1,638
37	Porgera	Enga Province	1,578
38	Bereina	Central Province	1,565
39	Namatanai	New Ireland	1,542
40	Finschhafen	Morobe Province	1,054
41	Kandrian	West New Britain Province	1,014
42	Olsobip	Western Province	1,000
43	Laiagam	Enga Province	921
44	Buin	Bougainville	750
45	Ihu	Gulf Province	712
46	Manumu	Central Province	596
47	Wakunai	Bougainville	558

Twenty years earlier: Papua New Guinea in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 5,848,951.